I want to talk about the file review process. As you know, it's a system used at the Immigration and Refugee Board that automatically approves asylum seekers from certain countries without interviewing them.
I spoke with the chair of IRB a few weeks ago. She defended that file review process and gave us the data that 15% of their decisions were processed that way, mainly to speed things up, which of course it does when you don't actually interview people. I asked the chair if she takes direction from you, Minister, and she basically said no, that she's independent and she does what she wants to do.
You are the minister responsible for the IRB, and we all know that. Have you directed the IRB to stop the file review process?
